Are you a programmer? The Kasumi Project needs your help
The Kamusi Project has been an online living and breathing Swahili dictionary for some time now. I have used it numerous times myself. The project is a collaboration of two organizations, the Kamusi Project International (KPI) and Kamusi Project USA (KPUSA), “dedicated to the creation of dictionary and learning resources for African languages.” Lately, the [...]
Have you heard? Tech incubators growing in Africa
In case you haven’t heard, tech is growing across the continent of Africa. And, no, not just the typical innovation hubs of South Africa and Nigeria. Tech is spreading all over the place to varying degrees, the latest being the new iHub in Nairobi that opens this week. Computerworld starts the conversation:
“Availability of affordable bandwidth, [...]
Ecological innovation coming from Factor e Farm = Concepts applicable to Africa
I recently discovered the website of Factor e Farm, which started out as a 30-acre soybean field in rural Missouri and is now a bubbling source of ecological innovation. What makes Factor e Farm so unique is that they are completely self-sustaining in every regard, from energy production to drinking water. This project is truly [...]
Africa Union: We must take ICT seriously
“…giving ICT special attention would play an important part in the development agenda of the union.”
–Bingu wa Mutharika, the African Union (AU) chairperson at a recent AU summit themed “Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development”. [Source: ITNewsAfrica.com]
Circumventing Internet Censorship: The Next Frontier for Human Rights Activists
By far, one of the more insightful posts I’ve ever read by Ethan Zuckerman: “Internet Freedom: Beyond Circumvention”
I recommend by starting with Secretary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom before moving on to reading Zuckerman’s blog post. Regardless of your political persuasion, this speech is a powerful one that touches on an issue of increasingly profound [...]
Yes, Africa is a continent of immense knowledge and ingenuity
As a huge fan of Eric Hersman, aka @whiteafrican, I found this video to be very inspiring. It reinforced my belief that Africa is full of knowledge and ingenuity far beyond what it gets credit for. The event of Maker Faire Africa helps to showcase this knowledge and ingenuity and is guaranteed to grow next [...]
Link Roundup: Farm Radio to Eric Reeves
Farm Radio International Launches 3rd Radio Scriptwriting Competition
Google Steps Up Its Darfur Genocide Coverage In Google Earth (via TechCrunch)
When Society Expects Us to Fail, We Usually Do (from Nathaniel Whittemore via Change.org Social Entrepreneurship blog)
Ten reasons why Chinese are despised in Africa (via African Politics Portal)
Navigating Africa With OpenStreetMap (via 27 months blog)
US Sudan Envoy [...]
Link Roundup: From Social Media to Emmanuel Jal
How Social Media Is Like Sharecropping (via Conversation Agent blog)
Why You Need Empathy to Be an Innovator (via Guy Kawasaki’s “How to Change the World” blog)
Conferences that Matter Fall Edition 2009.2.1 (via Philanthropy 2173 blog)
Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child (via TEDTalks)–From Sudan, this musician is going places. Check out the video.
Quickie on [...]
African Summer Event Wrap-up
This is a great summer for exciting tech events happening throughout Africa. Be sure to check out some of the latest events coming up and spread the word:
International Development and Design Summit (IDDS)-Ghana
Mediatech Africa ‘09, South Africa
Barcamp Abidjan-Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Maker Faire Africa (MFA)-Ghana
AFRICON-Nairobi, Kenya
Lastest finds in the blogoshpere
On June 15th, I was musing over the (growing) problem of information overload. I’ve since siphoned my Google Reader collection of RSS feeds down to 335. Not too bad, but I still have a ways to go to bring it to a manageable amount.
Here are some good finds I have in my Google Reader you [...]
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